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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Nature and Aim of Fiction, Writing Short Stories and On Her Own Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the old man respond when his children asked him what O'Connor's peacock was?
(a) He says it is "a peacock and nothing more."
(b) He stands in silence before getting back in his car.
(c) He says it is "the king of the birds."
(d) He says it is an "overgrown chicken."

2. What does O'Connor say fiction should deal with?
(a) History.
(b) The subconscious.
(c) Reality.
(d) Vague concepts.

3. What color was Colonel Eggbert?
(a) White.
(b) Gray.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

4. What sort of eyes did O'Connor prefer chickens to have?
(a) Very small and oval-shaped.
(b) One green and one orange.
(c) One big and one little.
(d) A shade of light blue.

5. Students from what university created a pamphlet in the 1920s?
(a) Yale.
(b) Cornell.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Vanderbilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which writer did Henry James say does things in the way that take the most doing?

2. What did the editorial that challenged American writers say American writers do?

3. What award did Percy Walker win?

4. For what work did O'Connor receive the Georgia Writers' Association Scroll?

5. What artist was John Peale Bishop referring to when he claimed that you cannot say this person painted apples and tablecloth and say what he has painted?

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